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Author Archives: rarefilm
Trial on the Road (1986) Aleksey German, Rolan Bykov, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Vladimir Zamanskiy
Film is set in the winter of 1942 during the Nazi occupation of Russia in WWII. Read More »
Dutch Girls (1985) Giles Foster, Bill Paterson, Colin Firth, Timothy Spall
An adolescent British field hockey team goes to Holland, where they find something Read More »
In This World (2002) Michael Winterbottom, Jamal Udin Torabi, Enayatullah, Imran Paracha
In February 2002 in the Shamshatoo Refugee Camp in the North West Frontier Province in Pakistan Read More »
Bird-Man Tale AKA Aku Ingin Menciummu Sekali Saja (2002) Garin Nugroho, Octavianus Rysiat Muabuay, Lulu Tobing, Minus Coneston Karoba
This film dwells on a Papuan teenage boy (Arnold, 15 years), who meets a woman Read More »
Eternal Love (1929) Ernst Lubitsch, John Barrymore, Camilla Horn, Victor Varconi
In a Swiss Village in 1806, the fiery Marcus and the local clergyman’s niece Ciglia are passionately in love. Read More »
Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947) Hans Richter, Jack Bittner, Libby Holman, Josh White
After learning how to look inside himself, a poetic bum sells people vivid dreams. Read More »
The System (1964) Michael Winner, Oliver Reed, Jane Merrow, Barbara Ferris
In a seaside village, a group of local young men mingle among the seasonal tourists in search of sexual conquests. Read More »
Pure Blood AKA Pura sangre (1982) Luis Ospina, Gilberto Forero, Carlos Mayolo, Florina Lemaitre
Roberto Hurtado, a rich old man suffers from a blood disease, so he requires transfusions Read More »
Himiko (1974) Masahiro Shinoda, Shima Iwashita, Masao Kusakari, Rie Yokoyama
A freestyle, imagined telling of the life of shaman queen Himiko Read More »